Star Trek 2's Villain Confirmed?

It's not like we didn't see this coming. But now Trek Movie's sources tell them that Benedict Cumberbatch is in fact playing Khan in J.J. Abrams' currently-filming Star Trek 2. The return of everyone's favorite genetically-engineered superman has been rumored pretty much since Star Trek 1 came out, even while Abrams' camp has denied it.

Interestingly, Trek Movie says that "the film is not a rehash of 'Space Seed,' the original Star Trek episode where Kirk and crew first encounter the genetic superman from the past." And the oft-made Batman comparison is also apt here: The Trek team have frequently said that they're looking to the model of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight movies, and in this case you can see Khan as being the equivalent of the Joker from the second film in that series.

Watch the deleted Klingon scene from 2009's Star Trek.

Additionally, the site confirms that Leonard Nimoy is in fact back for Star Trek 2 as Spock Prime, which had been rumored these past few days. And, the Klingons are confirmed to also be in the film -- "not a sub-plot that could be easily cut out [like in Star Trek 1] … so we will finally see the J.J.-verse version of Klingons on the big screen."